Entertainment 1998

Chapter 488 487, Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road

The movie script had just come out and the feature film had not yet been shot, but the overseas remake rights of the script could be sold at a high price of 50 US dollars. This kind of joy cannot be expressed in words.

Therefore, when Mai Zhaohui, who called over, confirmed on the phone that what Jiang Feng said was true, he and another screenwriter Zhuang Wenqiang drove to Villa No. 16 Repulse Bay Road to sign the contract.

The overseas remake rights of the movie script of "The Departed", the game adaptation rights, etc. were all sold to Jiang Feng at once. The price remained unchanged at 50 US dollars.

If it weren't for the fact that King Liu was currently working hard to find investors for the movie script of "The Departed", the two delighted screenwriters would even want to sell the domestic copyright of the movie script to Jiang Feng.

There is no way, Jiang Feng gave too much.

In Hong Kong Island, the copyright of this movie script is only worth 70 Hong Kong dollars, which is even a fraction of Liang Chaowei's movie salary. However, Jiang Feng offered 50 US dollars as soon as he opened his mouth.

Otherwise, he would be the one working in Hollywood!

Jiang Feng obtained the overseas remake rights for the movie script "The Departed", looked at the house carefully, and then went straight back to Villa No. 89 Repulse Bay Road.

Since I can't go back to my hometown these few days, I'll just stay in Hong Kong and write scripts.

There are two scripts to be coded: one is "Nobody" which is planned to be filmed in the first half of next year. The reason for making this movie is to promote the baby's mother Yu Feihong. In the previous life, Yu Feihong had always been tepid. In this life, Jiang Feng at least wants her to win a Best Actress award.

The other one is "The Departed", which can be shot in Hollywood in the second half of next year. As for the male lead, my buddy, like Martin Scorsese, also wants to invite Leo.

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【Fade in:
Boston's South City neighborhood. A cluster of buildings with a dock in the distance.

Costello (voiceover): I don't want to be a product of my environment, I want my environment to be my...product.

A puff of yellow smoke passed in front of the camera, and when the picture became clear, we saw through the exhaust fumes of the diesel locomotive a scene of protest against the use of buses to pick up students from out-of-district schools.

School buses filled with black children were pelted with rocks and bricks.

Note: This is not a live scene from 1974; it is a montage of historical documentaries used as the background for Costello’s narration…]

From April 4th, April 5th, and until the morning of April 4th, Jiang Feng hid at home, using his laptop to code the script for the movie called "The Departed".

But in the afternoon, when Jiang Feng, who had just finished a nap, was about to continue working, he received a call from Zhang Yimou.

"Jiang Feng..."

"Good director!"

"Oh, hello Jiang Feng, have you returned from the United States now?"

"I'm back and I'm staying in Hong Kong Island. Well, I mainly want to take a rest." Jiang Feng spoke in a relaxed and comfortable manner.

In fact, there was one small thing that Jiang Feng didn't tell you, which was that he wanted to let the relevant people in his hometown calm down for a while so that he could take the opportunity to go home and take a look.

Because I will start filming "Hero" in the second half of the year, if I get busy, I won't be able to see my parents for another four or five months.

At this time, Zhang Yimou on the phone spoke.

"Jiang Feng, since you are back and have nothing to do, why don't you go to the Shichahai Sports School to exercise while attending the Beijing Film Academy?"

Exercising is just a polite way of saying it. In fact, it is to prepare for the filming of the movie in advance. Some martial arts moves need to be trained in advance.

Just like when he was filming Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Chow Yun Fat started training at the Shichahai Sports School in Beijing six months in advance.

Jiang Feng agreed to Zhang Yimou's request without hesitation. Well, participating in the crew's training was one aspect, but Jiang Feng actually wanted to learn other martial arts, such as improving his Bajiquan!

These days, Jiang Feng had nothing to do at home, so he had fought with the sisters Kim Kyung-hee and Kim Ok-hee. But no matter whether it was the elder sister or the younger sister, Jiang Feng, who was strong and muscular, could not last more than 10 moves under their hands!
Jiang Feng is a man of action!

After finishing the call with Zhang Yimou, he started booking a plane ticket and then sent a text message to his assistant Guo Xiaofeng, who was still staying in the Xinzheng Hotel, telling him that he would arrive at Xinzheng Airport at noon tomorrow and asking him to make preparations for picking him up in advance.

After all this was arranged, Jiang Feng no longer had the mood to stay at home and write the script.

Because I will be going home soon, I should buy some things for my parents and family, like the razor that my father always talks about on the phone, the Chanel perfume that my second sister always misses, and the women's bag that my fourth sister always envies others...

Of course, there are also clothes to buy for my mother!
When he first came here, Jiang Feng always liked to look at this family from the perspective of an outsider, but as time went by, he slowly became a part of this family.

They are my own father, mother, and sister...

When shopping, whether in Beijing or Hong Kong Island, Jiang Feng generally likes to go to more "affordable" places, such as Xidan and Xiushui in Beijing; and Harbour City and New Sun Plaza in Hong Kong Island.

It’s not that we can’t afford expensive things, but cheap things are more cost-effective. For example, a brand-name bag, with that little leather and that little labor cost, it would cost at most 600 yuan, but in the luxury stores in Taikoo Plaza, they usually ask for 16 yuan.

The same brand-name bag can usually be bought for HK$5000 in Harbour City. Of course, some people say it is a high imitation, but it doesn’t matter. In my hometown, who can tell whether it is authentic or a high imitation?

"Hello, how much is this Dior brand-name bag?" Jiang Feng, wearing a baseball cap, walked into a specialty store called [Authentic Brand-name Bags] in Harbour City, glanced at a Dior bag, took it and asked.

"5 million!"

A woman who looked like a manager looked at Jiang Feng and stretched out her right hand.

"5000 Hong Kong dollars, will you sell it to me?" Jiang Feng bargained with a smile.

"5000 Hong Kong dollars. If you sell it, I want 7 of them."

"Boss, you are Jiang Feng. You earn so much money, how can you bargain like that?" Obviously, this capable woman recognized Jiang Feng, so she shouted out such an outrageous price.

"Haha, beautiful lady, don't believe the nonsense in the newspapers. Most of the income from concerts goes to music companies and commercial performance companies; most of the income from movie performances goes to film distributors and producers.

I am just a worker, earning hard-earned money." In front of the beauty, Jiang Feng cried about being poor.

When it comes to buying gifts for family members, try to save as much as possible, especially when you have to buy seven at once.

Each of his five older sisters had one, and his two female bodyguards, Kim Ok-hui and Kim Kyong-hui, also had one.

"Well, okay then, 5000 Hong Kong dollars each, and I'll sell you 7 bags." Seeing that Jiang Feng was not easy to fool, the beautiful manager agreed reluctantly.

Speaking of which, Guo Fucheng is quite generous. I asked him for 5 yuan, which is basically 3 yuan for a bag, but he bought it. Anyway, this bag is exactly the same as the ones in Pacific Place. Giving it to his girlfriend will definitely make him look good and save money.

However, just as the beautiful manager was packing the seven handbags that Jiang Feng bought, someone spoke up next to her.

"Manager Shi, you've been cheated.

Because some people may not make much money from singing or acting in movies, but they can trade stocks, right?!"

(End of this chapter)